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(Caroline)
Caroline is home from school. She's had a headache for a few days now, and it got so bad at school that she started crying in pain.
Her father was out of town again, and her mother at work. Elena's mom, Miranda, had been kind enough to sign her out of school. She'd then driven Caroline over to her husbands medical office. Grayson had called Liz and got approval to give Caroline some pain pills, before Miranda took Caroline and put her to bed.
Miranda didn't want to leave Caroline home alone when she didn't feel well, and could barely see straight. But Liz said she'd be home to check on her, or at least a deputy would stop by.
Miranda had made Caroline drink water, and eat some buttered toast, and take the pills that Grayson had prescribed.
"If you need anything, I've put your house phone on your nightstand, my cell phone is speed dial 3. Anything just call," Miranda whispers, adjusting the cold washcloth on Caroline's forehead.
"Thank you, Mrs. Gilbert." Caroline whispers as her eyes close.
***
(Stiles)
Sheriff Stilinski is more or less carrying his son to his bed. Stiles had been having head aches, and the school called him. His son hadn't wanted to worry him, so had told him he was fine. But when the school called fear had spiked in John bloods, Stiles had collapsed from the pain of his migraine.
So John had dropped everything at the station, telling his deputies that Stiles was sick and was out the door. His cruiser speeding to the middle school.
When he got there Stiles was laying down on a make shift bed of pillows and coats with a wet paper towels on his forehead, with Cora Hale glaring at the nurse. As it appeared that Cora hadn't been allowed to get near Stiles and she didn't agree with that choice. Scott was sitting on a chair using his inhaler.
"Dad?" Stiles muttered as John had unlocked the door.
"Shh…It's alright Stiles, I'm going to get you up to bed and Nurse said she gave you low dose of ibuprofen. But I'm going to call Melissa see if there is anything else I can give you to help." John says keeping his voice low.
Takes a few minutes, but he manages to get Stiles into his bed. A fresh cool rag on his forehead, after helping him to sip at some water. John making sure to turn a fan on low, and the lights off. Promising he'll be back in few minutes he steps out of the room, already dialing Melissa's phone number.
***
(Parker)
Parker is curled up in a vent, head pounding. Thankfully she'd just finished a small job, Archie had been teaching her about more than just being a pickpocket and small time thief. She didn't have a ton of money from it, but she'd be good for a few days. Sadly being twelve she couldn't exactly hold up somewhere to nice.
She'd separated from Archie before the headaches hit, and she was hiding out in Los Angeles. Lay low for about two weeks, and then contact Archie. That was the plan. But her head felt it was splitting open, and light made it so much worse. So she'd found a place, ironically it was a building under construction. But they were taking the next couple of days off from construction, so she'd hopefully be able to handle light by the time that happens.
So she'd curl up tight in a secure vent and swiped some basic pain meds, hopefully it will be enough.
***
(Spencer)
Spencer had been home since the day before, thankfully it was friday so he wasn't missing to much school. As he hated missing school, unless necessary. Sadly his brain feeling like it might explode was a important reason not to attend class. One of this teachers had been kind enough to drive him home yesterday as the head ache had persisted. To the point where he couldn't focus in class, it thankfully was okay because he was currently a head in his classes.
His mother was also thankfully have a good day, and had been able to help take care of him.
He was currently curled up in his bed, after having sipped some water and eaten some toast. He'd been given some ibuprofen, and the light was off. He could hear when his mother would come near the door to check on him.
***
(T'challa)
"Shuri, shh…Let your brother rest," Romanda whispers, to her young daughter.
T'challa lays on his bed, eyes pinched in discomfort. Though they had given him medicine for his headache the slightest sound still caused discomfort. His mother had been sitting beside him while his little sister, Shuri, took a nap. But as soon as she had woken up she wanted to play with her big brother.
"I will sit with him," T'Chaka whispers to his wife. "Take Shuri outside, perhaps the Dora Milaje can help her energy?"
Romanda smiles and before she turns to leave she presses a gentle kiss to T'challa's head. She then picks her hyper daughter up and exits the room.
***
(Nyssa)
Nyssa curls up in her bed, still in her training clothes. She could just slightly hear her fathers voice carry into her room. He was not pleased that nothing that those charged with her health did, was helping her. She is supposed to be a strong warrior, her fathers heir. But she lays curled in on herself as her head pounds and feels as though it is trying to split itself. Pain she could endure, she trained wiht the best of the league and of course her father. But the pain in her head had reached a peak, and she'd collapsed while training.
A shifting of fabric, and movement of clothes, Ra's approaches his daughter.
"Nyssa, rest my daughter. I'm going to search for other remedies for your pain," Ra's whispers, to her voice surprisingly soft.
Nyssa knows that her father can be soft, but it so rarely happens. Especially when others are present.
***
(Felicity)
Felicity lays face down on the couch, a fan running not far from her. She can hear as her mother worriedly mutters down the hall, digging through the cupboard in search of something to help her.
She'd picked Felicity up from school after a teacher had noticed that she was grimacing in pain constantly. To the point that her face was just scrunched up in pain constantly. So her mother had been called at work.
One of the guys Donna worked with had brought her to the school and then dropped the two of them off at their apartment.
A gentle knock at the door drew Donna from the bathroom, setting down an ice pack and bottles of pills onto the table.
On the other side of the door was a well dressed man holding brown paper bag.
"Figured you'd want something gentle on her stomach," He whispered gesturing towards Felicity.
***
Lito is in his aparment, sweat running down his face.
"Hernando!" Lito shouts, and a wave of pain passes through him. "Dani!"
"AHHH, IS IT TIME?" Dani shouts, running into the room.
Hernando following behind her.
"Hernando it hurts, oh my love, Dani my sweet." Lito cries out.
"The others are on their way. They landed and are on their way." Dani says, checking her phone.
They'd discovered that Lito's connection was getting slightly muddied with his cluster the closer he got to giving birth to a new cluster. So they'd started a group chat.
Since they'd taken down BPO and turned it back into what it is supposed to be, a way to help Sensates. The Cluster's lives were much better and completely intertwined. Lito was the first to become a cluster parent.
"My babies, I just want to know who my babies are," Lito cries into Hernando's shoulder.
"I'm here, my love, you will see them soon." Hernando says, taking Lito's hand in his.
It doesn't take long for the rest of the cluster to arrive, and as they arrive, Lito screams out. This time, the scream is closer to a restrained scream similar to someone giving birth. The cluster drops their stuff in the living room and runs to join their Cluster mate.
Lito feels as his mind reaches out, farther than his own cluster. The connection feels completely different, its like he is igniting a live wire and it slowly spreads. Connecting him to what will be his children, with a connection similar but so different to his own cluster.
***
Across the world, the next cluster gasps as one as a pulse goes through them all causing them to all sit up.
Lito appears before them; beside beds, kneeling next to the couch, and squashed into the vent . He appears before all of his new children.
"Did I just hallucinate Lito Rodriguez?" Stiles mutters to himself before falling to sleep.
The sudden relief in pressure in their brains causes the entire cluster to fall asleep.